Vehicle attachment



lC. SUHR.

VEHICLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1920.

1,384,576. Patented July 12, 19/241. I

UNITED STATES VEHICLE ATTACHMENT'.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1, is a side elevational view of the invention,

Fig. 2, a rear elevational view of the invention,

Fig. 3, and

l Fig. 4, a rear elevational view showing the invention applied to a vehicle.

a sectional view of the invention,

TheY preferred form of construction comf prises a hub 7 extending outwardly from which is an arm or bracket 8 provided with a socket bearing portion 9. The hub'7 is provided with a second arm 8 which eX- tends at an angle to the arm or bracket 8 and is similarly formed. A metallic bar 10 is provided, which slidably engages in the socket 9., and a set screw 11 is provided lto secure the bar 10 in iXed relation in the socket. An arm 12 is similarly `provided to operate in the socket formed in the arm 8 which extends at an angle to the arm 8, said arms 12 extending parallel to the hubl and at a right angle to arm 8. `A set screw 13 y is provided for the purpose of locking the arm 12 in the socket. Projecting through the hub 7 is a post 14, which iSslidably mounted in the hub 7. A spiral spring 151s positioned upon the post 14 at one side ofV the hub, and a spiral spring 16 is positioned upon the post 14 at the opposite side. A yoke 17 is provided, which has apertures formed at each end through which the member 14 projects. A nut 14 serves'to retain the yoke 17 in position upon the member 14. The assembling of the yoke 17 upon the stem Vtail light.

y specification of Letters-Patient. Patnt'edJ'uly 12, 19211l YAppma'cian mcd March 13, 1920. serial No.' 365,631. i

01" post 14 is such thaty the member 14v may beslid 1n the'V hub 7 rin'. either direction, the

spirallsprings 15 and 16 offering resistanceY to this slidable movement. Af vehicle light 22`may be attached to the member 17, cen-V trally thereof, by a suitable bolt projected through an opening 23 provided in the yoke. The plate 12 which is secured in yone or' the socket bearing arms is provided with apertures 1S, by means of which the plate may be attached, by the use of suitable bolts, to the rear of a vehicle. The arm or bar 10 is also provided with perforations 20 through which bolts may be projected `for securing the member 10 to the rear of a vehicle 19, or for securing a license plate 21 upon the member 10.

The invention is designed primarily for use upon the rear of automobiles, and especially the larger' trucks. It has been learned from experience that the tail light secured Vto automobiles, and especially larger trucks,

almost invariably becomes damaged and loosened, due to the natural jar of the vehicle passing over the roads. In order to relieve the tail light from this jar, I have provided a means of mounting the same upon the vehicle whereby the shocks are absorbed and the tail light mounting proper relieved therefrom. From the description of the device as already given, it is apparent that when the arm 10 or 12 is mounted upon the vehicle, and a shock transmitted thereto, the springs 15 and 16 will serve to absorb the shock so that the same is not transmitted to the yoke, and thereby to the It is also to be noted that because of the mounting of the members 1() and 12 in the sockets, the position of the tail light may be adjusted, as well as the position of the license plate.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let'- ters Patent is i 1.. A device of the class described, corn- Vprising a supportingjbracket; a hub on said bracket; a stem projecting vertically from arm on said hub for rigidly mounting the same; a stem mounted for right line reciprocation in said hub; a yoke mounted adjacentthe ends of said stem, the center of said yoke being attachable to a'lamp; and resilient means'mounted on said stem for Ifetaining said yoke in constant vertical rela-y .tion to said hub, substantially as described.

3. A lamp'support comprising'a hub; an arm extending parallel swith said -hub for mounting said support; a supporting arm on said hub extending at'rght angles'tosaid' first arm; astem mounted foi'right-line reciprocation in'said hub; a yoke mounted on 1 said stemgand resilient means. fori retain-- ing said yoke in constant vertical `ielation'to said hub, substantially as described.

4. A lamp lsupport compiising avhub; af

supporting` arm on said hub forv rigidly mounting the same; a stem mounted for right line reciproeation in said hub; a yoke rigidly mounted on the ends of said stem,

the center of said yoke being attachable to r CHARLESSUHR@ VVitn-esses: i i.

B. G. RICHARDS,

Y ROSE K. TRIB. 'l i Y, A 

